Exhibition
After more than four decades in the spotlight, the NFSA is celebrating the career of an Australian music icon.
Collection
Australia's Working Class Man, Jimmy Barnes, has been performing in front of audiences for more than four decades as a solo artist and with Cold Chisel, and he shows no signs of slowing down.
He has...
Collection
For a generation of Australian music fans, Cold Chisel are the Aussie pub rock band who broke the mould and whose songs are celebrated as anthems.
Cold Chisel formed in Adelaide, South Australia in...
Collection
From punk-rockers to pop darlings, these Oral History interviews highlight the depth and diversity of Australian music.
The collection showcases some of the musicians that have featured in the NFSA...
Article
How did a boilermaker-turned-soldier become an internationally performing tenor? NFSA sound curator Graham McDonald investigates the background of the man who first recorded Waltzing Matilda.
Article
The entire history of Australian recorded music can be traced through versions of Waltzing Matilda.
Article
Cold Chisel are the quintessential Aussie band who wrote the soundtrack for a generation.
Article
We're shining a light on the phenomenal career of Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes.
Article
We pay tribute to one of Australia’s greatest rock voices.
Article
Our 100th curated collection is all about the 1980s, and it stars Charles and Diana, Kylie and Dannii Minogue, Edna Everage, David Attenborough, Linda Burney, Ken Done, Michael Hutchence and many,...
